Long live the Stones

Long live the Stones

The online abuse recounted by non-white journalists (We too have suffered the scourge of online racism, 12 July) is horrific. Much of this intervention on the web seems to be encouraged by the fact that people can sign themselves with made-up names. Why don't you refuse to publish any online comment (or, indeed, letters in Weekend magazine), unless people's real names are used? Hiding behind anonymity should not be allowed unless there is good reason.Liz ReasonCharlbury, Oxfordshire

• How do the Rolling Stones, after seven decades on the planet, all appear slim, fit and healthy, given excesses of their past lifestyles (Not fade away, 12 July). But what puzzles me more is they can all still retain a full mop of hair. "Time ... is on my side ..." was perhaps a prescient lyric?Nigel LonghurstLiverpool

• My former colleague Giles Fraser reminds us that one traditional role of a bishop is to be a bridge builder, a pontifex (A mysterious gap between 'deep conviction' and plain misogyny, 10 July). May I remind him that Magna Carta 1215 cl.23 says no man (sic, no doubt) shall be compelled to build bridges.Jeffrey HackneyWadham College, Oxford

• Gordon Watson misquotes Cicero on Lords reform (Letters, 12 July) who actually asked "Cui bono?" ("To whom is the advantage?") rather than the gramatically meaningless "Qui bono?" which he cites. Perhaps Michael Gove is right to call for more emphasis on classics teaching?Daniel LandsbergerEnfield, Middlesex

• It's not just boys who can be given a good start in life by The Observer's Book of Railway Locomotives and Hornby Dublo (Letters, 12 July). Girls can too; I trace my interest to playing with my father's Hornby O-gauge clockwork system. A woman's right to choo-choos!Dr Moira BigginsDerby

• Re your readers' offer of solar-powered watches (12 July, page 24), given the weather, at least they'll be right twice a day. Will you be promoting water clocks?John CavellMaidstone, Kent